The National Gallery of Iceland is calling for applications from artists working in complex media or emerging technologies (generative AI, custom sensors, sound, software-based, blockchain, physical and digital hybrid, etc) for the artist residency in relation to its CUSP programme, a European cooperation project funded through Creative Europe’s Culture grant.
This is the first of four residency stays offered to different artists through the programme, one in each of the five participating countries; Iceland, Norway, Czechia and Ukraine, to be followed by two micro residencies in the Netherlands and Iceland.
This residency programme brings together artists working time-based media and museum professionals, conservators, and technology specialists working to develop the preservation and conservation methodologies required to ensure the long-term endurance of artworks. The artist will meet with a preservation specialist or conservator specialising in time-based media art who will conduct an in-depth artist interview aimed at addressing the preservation needs of the medium in which the artist works. The artist will be required to publicly present their body of work and working methods during an open-lab masterclass to be designed in collaboration with the museum.
The residency will be up to four weeks and take place in early 2027, with exact dates to be arranged with the artist selected.
International artists based outside Iceland are invited to apply. Artists must be residents in any of the 27 European Union member states, or several non-EU countries that have signed association agreements, such as EFTA/EEA members, acceding countries, candidate countries, and European Neighbourhood Policy countries.
What will be provided:
- Accommodation and working space.
- Travel and subsistence stipend.
- An artist fee for collaborating in the open lab/masterclass.
- Depending on the artist’s request and museum means, the institution may provide hardware and software for the working space.
